83 FR 37880 - Railroad Revenue Adequacy-2017 Determination; Railroad Cost of Capital-2017; Uniform Railroad Costing System-2017 Calculations

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 149 (August 2, 2018)

The Board is seeking comment on whether to make adjustments to its 2017 annual cost of capital determination, revenue adequacy determination, and Uniform Railroad Costing System calculations, to account for a one-time revaluation of rail carriers' deferred tax liabilities due to the reduction of the federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted in December 2017.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37880-37881]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16624]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. EP 552 (Sub-No. 22); Docket No. EP 558 (Sub-No. 21); Docket 
No. EP 750]


Railroad Revenue Adequacy--2017 Determination; Railroad Cost of 
Capital--2017; Uniform Railroad Costing System--2017 Calculations

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Decision seeking comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board is seeking comment on whether to make adjustments to 
its 2017 annual cost of capital determination, revenue adequacy 
determination, and Uniform Railroad Costing System calculations, to 
account for a one-time revaluation of rail carriers' deferred tax 
liabilities due to the reduction of the federal corporate income tax 
rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted in December 2017.

DATES: Comments are due by August 16, 2018. Reply comments are due by 
September 5, 2018.

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    This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the 
human environment or energy conservation.

    By the Board, Board Members Begeman and Miller.

    Decided: July 27, 2018.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2018-16624 Filed 8-1-18; 8:45 am]
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